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CONDITIONS STIPULATED IN MUSEUM LOAN AGREEMENT SUPERSEDE THOSE IN BORROWING MUSEUM'S LOAN
AGREEMENT.
LOAN AGREEMENT
Your Museum, subject to the conditions printed on both sides of this agreement, agrees to lend the object described below.
BORROWING INSTITUTION
ADDRESS TELEPHONE
CONTACT PERSON
LOAN PERIOD
EXHIBITION TITLE
EXHIBITION PERIOD
PURPOSE OF RESEARCH
YOUR MUSEUM'S ITEM NUMBER
DESCRIPTION
DIMENSIONS (cm)
CULTURE
PROVENIENCE DATE
MATERIAL
INSURANCE WILL BE MAINTAINED BY MUSEUM ____ BORROWER ____
INSURANCE VALUE (US$)______________________
HANDLING REQUIREMENTS
INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS
PACKING REQUIREMENTS
Credit line: Museum
The Borrower acknowledges reading and agreeing to the conditions on both sides of this document.
Signature of Borrowing Institution _____________________________________________________________
Title _____________________________________________________________________________________
Museum Signature __________________________________________________________________________
Title __________________________________________________________Date_______________________
MUSEUM COPY/BORROWER'S COPY


CONDITIONS
1. TRANSPORTATION
Your Museum will determine the appropriate means
of transportation of the loan material and will approve in
writing all transportation arrangements. The Borrowing
Institution agrees to cover all shipping costs.
2. PACKING
Your Museum will determine the appropriate means
of packing the loan material in writing all crating and packing
arrangements. The-Borrowing Institution agrees to cover all
crating and packing costs.
3. INSURANCE
If insurance is arranged by the Borrowing Institution,
coverage will be under an All Risk fine arts "wall to wall"
policy from the time that the loan objects leave Your Museum
until the objects are returned to Your Museum and the final
condition reports are completed. Coverage will include all
risk of physical damage or loss including, but not limited to,
loss or damage from earthquakes, floods, strikes, riots, or civil
commotion. The loan objects will be insured at the values
assigned by Your Museum on the other side of this agreement.
The Borrowing Institution's policy will name "Your Museum"
as additional insured and will waive subrogation rights against
Your Museum. A Certificate -of Insurance evidencing such
coverage must be delivered to Your Museum before shipment
to the Borrowing Institution occurs. The Borrowing
Institution agrees to cover any deductible under its policy.
If Your Museum carries insurance under its policy,
the Borrowing Institution will be responsible for the cost of
the premium while the loan objects are in transit and on
location.
4. WITHDRAWAL OF OBJECTS
Your Museum reserves the right to withdraw any
items whose condition has deteriorated or may deteriorate due
to continued travel, or whose security appears to be
threatened, or when other urgent reasons necessitate
withdrawal.
5. PROCEDURE IN EVENT OF MISHAP
In the event that a loan item is damaged, destroyed,
lost or stolen, the Borrowing Institution shall give the
Registrar of Your Museum immediate telephone notice,
followed by written confirmation. The report of damage or
loss should provide a description of the extent and
circumstances surrounding the mishap. No repairs or other
actions may be taken on the object by the Borrowing
Institution without instruction from Your Museum.
6. PUBLICITY AND CREDITS
The credit line as shown on the front of this form will
be used in all printed material related to the loan object.
Loans for exhibition require that one copy of any catalog or
publicity material be sent-directly to the Registrar of Your
Museum. Loans for research require that copies of all
instrumental data analysis, including x-rays and photographs,
be sent within six months, as well as a copy of any final report
or article.
7. PHOTOGRAPHY
All photographs of Your Museum items to be used in
exhibition catalog brochures, publicity releases, and the like
will be taken by Your Museum staff photographer. Use of the
photograph in any publication requires prior permission by
Your Museum. All permissions are for one time only.
8. GENERAL CARE AND HANDLING
The Borrowing Institution will exercise the same care
and handling to the loan item as it does in the safekeeping of-comparable
property of its own. Each object shall remain in
the same condition in which it was received. The Borrowing
Institution agrees to follow all special handling, installation,
and packing instructions provided on the front of this
document and detailed in correspondence from Your Museum
to the Borrowing Institution.
Upon arrival, all travel containers must be
equilibrated to the environment for 24-48 hours before
unpacked.
No restoration, repair, cleaning, or fumigation of loan
objects may be performed by the borrower. Other organic
objects stored or exhibited with those from Your Museum
must be free of infestation.
9. CONDITION REPORT
A detailed condition report of the loan item will be
provided by Your Museum. The Borrowing Institution will
review this condition report against the loan item at the time of
its arrival and departure.
10. EXHIBITION DESIGN AND INSTALLATION
The Borrowing Institution agrees to comply with all
requirements detailed on the front of this document, as well as
those described in correspondence from Your Museum to the
Borrowing Institution.
Mounting fixtures must be padded at contact points
with the loan items.
11. LOAN FEES
The Borrowing Institution agrees to pay
administrative loan fees, conservation, mount fabrication
costs, courier fee, courier travel, and courier per them as
detailed in correspondence from Your Museum to the
Borrowing Institution.